# Rangpo Forest Block Village, Gangtok, East District (Sikkim)

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Village · Gangtok, East District 

# Rangpo Forest Block

Rangpo Forest Block is a village in Gangtok sub-district of East District district, Sikkim. The 2011 Census counted **249 people in 44 households**, the 67th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 249people (2011)
- 44households
- 74.9%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangpo Forest Block

Of every 100 households in Rangpo Forest Block in 2011, 100 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 38 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 42 a car.

■ Rangpo Forest Block · ■ Gangtok rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**13%

Tap water ****84%**

**77%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****38%**

**33%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**61%

Use banking services ****93%**

**54%

Television ****100%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****69%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****42%**

**6%

None of these assets ****0%**

**18%

Own their home ****87%**

**69%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Rangpo Forest Block?

■ Rangpo Forest Block · ■ Gangtok rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**801

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1308**

**964

Working population ****77.5%**

**55.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 70.0% for women. 79% of men and 76% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 175 (91%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (6%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gangtok

- Tirkutam327 people
- Namin304 people
- Simik302 people
- Chadey256 people
- Pam94 people
- Kyongnosla Forest Block46 people
- Singtam Forest Block18 people

[All 75 villages in Gangtok](https://wherepedia.org/india/sikkim/east-district/gangtok/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangpo Forest Block?249 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangpo Forest Block in?East District district (Gangtok sub-district), Sikkim
- What is the literacy rate of Rangpo Forest Block?74.9% (Census 2011)